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P. A. FISCHER.

ADJUSTABLE CAP. APPLICAUON man Nov.11.1919.

1,337,397, Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

PHILIP A. FISCHER,

0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

ADJUSTABLE CAP.

1 ,I 37 ,39 7 Specification of Letters Patent Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

Application filed November 17, 1919. Serial No. 388,739.

To all whom t 'may concern:

lic it known that l, PHILIP A. FISCHER, o citizen olf the United States,residing at New York city, in the county of New York, State of New York,have invented certain new und useful 'Improvements in Adjustable Cups;and I do hereby declare the following to be o full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in thenrt to which it appertains to make und use the same,

This invention relates to adjustable caps und huts mede of cloth orsimilar material.

in order to avoid` the necessity of carrying .i large stoel; oi ips of'various sizes to meet the demands of' tbc trede, it has heretofore beenproposed to make the caps adjustable so that. ir single cop oi" anydesired st le and materiel muy be adjusted to lit the eed of the wearer.Dealers are thus enabled to meet the demands of the trade without thenecessity ofi carrying n line of cops of eech style and pattern in esufficient number of sizes to fill all possible requirements.Furthermore, the provision of an adjustable cop permits the wearer ofthe cap to alter its size to compensate for shrinkage or stretching ofthe material of which the cap is com posed. The above, as well as otheradvantages of adjustable caps, have led to the provision of variousarrangements for securing edjnstebiliiy, such as by making incisions inthe materiel of the cap, or by eaving open vfor more or less distancesome of the seems between the segments of the crown of the cap. in somecases these incisions or openings ere erren red et the sides of the capnear the ends o the vizor, and in some other constructions they ere etthe b ack of the cap. Changes in the size of the cajp ere secured byIneens of straps by which the sides of the incisions or openin s may bemore or less drawn to other. ese prior constructions require t at thematerial of the cap be cut, or that certain of the seems be left. open,and in many ceses, due to the depth of the Iincisions or openings it isnecessary to provide gussets or simi er errengement-s for closing theopenings.

It is an object oi this invention to simplifyV and otherwise improve theconstruction of adjustable caps while eliminetin the necessity ofslitting the material of te cap for leaving some of the seams open. Theifmprovement does not interfere with thefeppearance of the cap, end whenthe latter is feirtension 12, or in other words, rim of the crown isindented or the normal being worn, itl cannot readily be distinguishedfrom e. cap of the usual construction.

In accordance with the invention, the edge of the rear portion of thecap lies below the front edge to which the vizor or peak is atteched,thus forming En extension or depending portion of the crown. with theextension are straps or similar devices which pass over the vizor andare adjustahly connected to each other, so that the rim of the reariortion of the crown may be drown toward t e vizor as much as may benecessary to make the cop of the required size.

The particular nature of the invention, as well as other objects andadvantages thereof, will appear more clearly from a description ofcertainpreferred embodiments es shown 'in the accompanying drawing, inwhich- Figure 1 shows in perspective a complete repI with the strapsdetached .from each other. i,

Fig. 2 represents the crown and v,izo`r of a cap with the straps omittedto show more clearly the relation between these parts.

3 is a, modification of the invention in which the straps are formed asextensions of some ofthe se ents of the crown.

Fi 4 is e modification of the invention, in w ich the extended portionof the crown consists of e band having its ends free to serve as theadjusting straps; and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged View of the interior of e cop at the point whereadjustment takes place, showing particularly the arrangement of thesweat bend used in connection with the` improved construction.

Referring to the drawings, of the lccp may the crown 10 be formed of anumber of segments 11 of the required shape and materml, sewed togetherat their edges or it may be formed of one piece of materia as iscustomary in some styles of ea s. Inaccordance with this invention, t enormal rim of the rear portion of the crownii ybelow the rim of thefront portion, for' ng en the front rim of the rear portion of thecrown.. A peek or vizor 13 of any desired shape is attached to of thecrown, and

the vizor should terminhte a short distance from the forward edge of theprojectigpor- A tion of the rear part of the crown, as indilies aboveAssociated the lfront indented rim preferably the. sides of cated at14.` The vizor may be provided `@with a suitable fastening device, suchas, a 1 snap fastener 15, the coperatin member 16 f which is attached tothe ront of the 5 crown so that the latter may be fastened to the vizorin the usual manner.

The structure thus far described will ap ear as in Fig. 2, but in orderto secure ad- )nstability there is associated with the ex tended portionof the rear part of the crown on each side of the cap a strap 17. Whenin use these straps pass upwardly over the top of the vizor and areadjustably connected to each other by means of a buckle 18, or othersuitable device. As shown in Fig. 1 each strap ma be connected as bysewing, to the front e ge of the extended portion 12 of the crown. Thesestraps maybe con-A veniently and economically cut out of waste portionsof material use for forming the sections of the crown, or, if desired,they ma be formed of other material.

Il; Fig. 3 there is shown a modification of the invention, in which eachof the straps 17 is formed as an integral extension of one of the senente 11' on each side of the cap, each of t ese sections being somewhatlonger than the sections which form the front part of the crown, so asrto provide the required extended portion at the bottom of the rear partof the crown.

Some styles of cans are provided with a band around the rim of thec1'own,*this baudV being formed of the same or diderent ma terial. Inaccordance with the present invention, caps of this style maybe producedby attaching a band 19 to the edge of the crown, so that it extendsbelow the edge to which the vizor is attached, as shown in Fig. 4. Theends of the band may be left free to form the straps 17 which pass overthe top of the vizor and are adj ustnbly connected to each other topermit the size of the cap to be altered.

It is intended that in any of the modifications of thc invention sweatbands 2O of any suitable material ma Vbe attached to the inside of therim of t e crown, and the forward ends of the bands should preferably beextended along the inside oi the straps 17 as indicated at 21 in theinterior view, Fig. 5. The rim of the front portion of the crown is alsoprovided with o sweat bend 22, which preferably tapers to a point ateach side of the cup. Due to the above arrangement there 1s formed apractically continuous sweat band around the interior of the cap, sothat even when the size of the cup is ziltered by adjustment of thestraps l?, there is always n portion of the sweat bund in contact withthe head of the wearer at the `sides of the cup on account of theextensions 21.

F rom the above description of the invcn tion it will bc seen that thereis provided an adjustable cap of simple construction,

4of a continuous rim.

which may be rapidly and cheaply manufactured. When the cap is beingworn the front portion of the crown will usually be folded over thevizor and .held in plaeefby means of the fasteninr devices 15 andY j16,and under these con itions the adjustin straps 17 will be largelyconcealed beueat the portion of the crown which overla s the vizor. Atthe same time the straps wi l oonceal the openin s formed between thefront ed es of the spending portion and the si es of the vizor and ivethe appearance en the straps are manipulated there will be relativemovement between the extended rim of the crown and the sides of thevizor in the nature of a swinging movement of the extended portionabout-the points a. at Ythe top of the front edges of this portion. Inpractice it is preferred to space the pointed ends of the vizor slightlyin advance of the front' edges of the extension, as at 14, to permitoverlapping or gathering of the material at this region as the size ofthe cap is altered, arid since these regions of the cap are largelyconc-ended under the folded forward'portion of the crown when the ca isbeing worn, any folding| or wrinkling wiich may occur at these pointswill not be conspicuous.

' By virtue of the improvement it is* possible to provide for all of thedemands of the trade without making it necessary fdr dealers to carry instock a number of sizes of each st le and pattern of cap. Caps conycipally the straps 17, may be cut o t of remnants of the material usedfor fo ming the crown; or, as is shown in Fig. 3 they may be made asintegral extensions of the same ma-` terial,

While certain preferred embodiments of the invention have been shown andde scribed, it will be understood that various changes in details may bemade without departlng from the principle of the invention as defined inthe appended claims.

1. An adjustable cap, a crownyprovided with an extension lying below theedge to which the vizor is attached, means on each side of the capassoparts, and such parts usare necessry, princomprising a. vizor,

ciated with the extension and passing uphaving the iim of its rearportion lying below the rim of the forward portion, a vizor attached tothe rim of the forward portion, a strap associated with the extendedportion on each side of the cap, said straps being arranged to extendacross the top of the vizor adjacent the forward edge of the crown, andmeans for adjustabl connecting the straps together to perm1t the size ofthe cap to be altered.

3. An adjustable cap, comprising a vizor, a crown provided with anextension lying below the edge to which the vizor is attached, a strapassociated with the extension on each side of the cap, and having awidth substantially equal to-the width of the extension, said strapsbeing arran ed to extend across the top of the vizor a jacent theforward edge of the crown, and means for adjustably connecting thestraps together to permit the size of the cap to be altered.

4. An adjustable cap, comprisin aerown having its rear portion projectinelow the forward portion, a vizor attac ed to the lower edgfl of theforward portion and terminating on each side of the cap a short distancein advance of the front edge of the projecting portion, a strapassociated with the projecting portion. of the crown on each side of thecap, said straps being arran ed to extend across the top of the/vizor aAjacent the forward edge of the crown, and means for adjustablvconnecting the straps together to permit the size of the cap to bealtered.

5. An adjustable cap, comprising a crown having the rear portionextended below the forward portion, a vizor attached to the lower edgeof the forward portion and terminating on each side of the cap a shortdistance in advance of the front edge of the extended portion, a strapassociated with the extended portion of the crown onI each side of thecap and having a width substantially equal to the width of the extendedportion so that the upper edge of the strap lies closely adjacent to thelower edge of the front portion of the cap between the end of the vizorand the forward edge of the eX- tended portion, said straps beingarranged to extend across the top of the vizor when the cap is in use,and means for adjustably connecting the straps together to permit thesize of the cap to be altered.

6. An adjustable cap, comprising a vizor,

a crown provided with an extension lying below the edge to which thevizor is attached, a strap associated with the exten` sion on each sideof the cap and passing upwardly over the vizor, means for adjust` ablyconnccting'together thc straps to permit the size of the cap to bealtered, a band attached to the interior of the extension and carriedalong the inner face of each strap, and a second band attached to thelower fdge of the front portion of the crown'at the inner edge of thevizor.

7. An adjustable cap comprising a crown and a vizor attached to thefront of the crown on a line placed above the normal rim of the cap,means on each side of the cap, continuons with the normal rim of the capand passing upwardly over the vizor, and means for adjustably connectingthe said means together to permit the size of the ca to be altered.

n testimony whereof I aixm PHILIP A. F

signature.

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